Annie Easley (1933 - 2011)

Annie J. Easley was an African-American computer scientist, mathematician, and rocket scientist. She worked for the Lewis Research Center (now Glenn Research Center) of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and its predecessor, the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA). She was a leading member of the team that developed software for the Centaur rocket stage and one of the first African-Americans to work as a computer scientist at NASA. source: Wikipedia

Known for
Work at NASA

Centaur rocket stage

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Warren, Wini (1999). Black women scientists in the United States.